The problems caused by ageing and continual breakdowns of Local Police vehicles in the municipal fleet will be resolved by Easter, according to the Councillors for Revenue and Mobility, Manuel Gutiérrez and Francisco Natera.
Tables, chairs and ice cream kiosks
Now is the time for owners of establishments wishing to occupy public roads with tables, chairs, platforms and other items to submit their applications for this year.
Request for land for private hospital
Two separate groups have apparently approached Vélez-Málaga Council to obtain plots of land to operate private hospital and a centre for clinical analysis. In addition, land has also been requested by a company wishing to set up a private British college.
Failure to pay up keeps increasing the bill
The failure by Vélez-Málaga Council to pay the compensation awarded five years ago by the Supreme Court to residents of El Copo has meant that the total bill has now risen from the original €2.8 million to a staggering €5.2 million.
Two ‘Q’ flags for Vélez-Málaga
Vélez-Málaga Council has received the ‘Q’ for Quality flags for the beaches of Torre del Mar and Benajarafe at a presentation in Madrid on Friday. The flags are awarded in recognition of environmental quality, cleanliness and safety, quality of services and information offered.
Platform for the Defence of the Sugar Museum
The Platform for the Defence of the Torre del Mar Sugar Museum is developing a campaign to collect signatures to demand that the PP government choose an alternative site for the Centre for Innovation and Business Management, putting forward the old bingo hall and the old Virgen de la Victoria residential home as viable alternatives.
H&M to open in El Ingenio
The textile group Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) is opening four new shops in Spain in Vélez-Málaga (El Ingenio Centre), Madrid, Cuenca, and Mataró (Barcelona), creating around sixty jobs. The first to open will be in the new Castellana 200 complex in Madrid on March 7th, follwed by the rest.
Cut in water supply on Thursday January 31st 2013
Repairs to the Plan Guaro water supply network will cause cuts in supply between 09:00 and 21:00 on Thursday January 31st in the centre of Vélez-Málaga (except La Fortaleza and La Gloria) and urbanisations El Tomillar and Limonar, the El Ingenio centre, urbanisations Baviera Golf and Rivera Trayamar, Caleta de Vélez, Mezquitilla and Lagos.
Avocado thief apprehended
Local Police in Vélez-Málaga have arrested a 35 year old man who was in the process of stealing 150 kilos of avocados from a farm in Cabrillas. Unfortunately, his two accomplices fled the scene and have not yet been identified.
Carnival 2013
On Saturday January 26th at 21:00 in the Peña Axarquia is the presentation of this year’s Carnaval poster, which is the work of young local artist Yolanda Pérez.